Celebrate Holi with natural colours, here's how

Red sandalwood powder or raktachandan as it is called. It is often used in face packs because it is beneficial for the skin.

Dry the petals of a hibiscus flowers. Make sure they are kept in the shade to dry. Add flour to it to form a red powder.

The sinduria fruit have deep red seeds which can be powdered to yield dry red powder.

Just shower red rose petals on your loved one.

Wet

Mix red sandalwood powder or vermillion in water or milk and boil for a minute.

The peels of the pomegranate fruit when boiled yield red coloured water.

Mix a pinch of lime powder (chuna used in betel leaves) or a few drops of lime juice with a couple of spoons of turmeric powder and add a few drops of water to form a paste.

It will yield a bright reddish-orange colour. However it should be diluted in at least ten litres of water before using.

Rhododendron or hibiscus flower soaked in water overnight yield red water. Similarly if the purplish pink periwinkle, bougainvillea or oleander flowers are soaked overnight or boiled in water they yield a pinkish red water.

Dilute the red tomato juice in water to remove its stickiness and use.

Boil a chopped beetroot in water for the deep red colour.

If adults are playing then water diluted red wine filled into pichkaris and balloons will be a lot of fun

Boil a handful of onion peel in a litre of water to get a pale reddish coloured water.

Nodules of creepers like the pui also produce a reddish dye which when soaked in water gives the desired colour.

The Indian Coral tree found in the coasts of India bear large red flowers. These when soaked in water give red colour.

Boiling the wood of a Madder tree yields a deep red colour.

Blend strawberries and then dilute it in water. You can use diluted watermelon juice as well.

Image: You can grind the dried petals of rose or hibiscus flowers to get red colour